โฆOn February 20, 2008, Barbadian Prime Minister David Thompson presented the singer with several gifts at a national concert during an event named "Rihanna Day".
โฆIn 2007, Rihanna became the official face of tourism for Barbados and subsequently featured in many of their advertising campaigns.
โฆIn its 10 weeks, "Umbrella" was the longest-running number one single in U.K. since Wet Wet Wet's single "Love Is All Around" which spent fifteen weeks at the top in 1994.
โฆIncluded in People magazine's annual list of Best Dressed Women of 2008.
โฆWas recruited in July 2008 as the spokesperson for Gucci's first ever United Nation's Children's Fund (UNICEF) ad, dubbed "Tattoo Heart."